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let's go to alex wallace for the answer. good morning. >> good morning, alex. we're going to watch showers and storms although the severe threat isn't as high. we have storms flaring up, particularly in the eastern half of the country. getting closer to the northeast. a scattering of showers around the bottom area as you head southbound along interstate 95. things are quiet now. just off to the west, more showers head in that general direction. we'll be in and out of it throughout the day. same for us here throughout the ohio valley. storms around nashville. big storms toward the charleston area. heavy rainfall as well. also tracking closer to the great lakes. milwaukee socked in with heavy rain all the way down to chicago at this hour. south of all of this, we have to contend with the heat. heat advisories from the plains states back to the southeast as well. areas shaded in darker brown, that's where we have excessive heat warnings at this time. very hot conditions. heat index values. feeling like 110 into the one-teens. brutal stuff. we'll keep the numbers h

the weather channel's alex wallace has the details for us been hi, alex. >> how's it going, thomas? tracking it farther east. we'll watch a line of showers and storms moving from the eastern great lakes toward some of the east coast cities. so as we head into the afternoon storms impacting new york city, d.c., philadelphia and boston as well. this is around 11:00 and still seeing storms up and down the 95 corridor. the thing is some of these storms could pack quite a bit of a punch as they make their way east. all of the way down to the carolinas, you could be looking at damaging winds and large hail and can't rule out a risk for a tornado. also the heat. that has.story all summer long. the big ridge of high pressure keeping the numbers in the triple digits and dallas, 105 for this afternoon. houston, 101 and even into monday and still keeping things hot in these areas and one last thing that we're watching, the tropics. it's tropical storm irene right now impacting portion of the caribbean and maybe the projected path as we head toward this week. florida, implicated. we will contin

the weather channel's alex wallace is monitoring the storm for us from atlanta. alex, bring us up to speed. what's the latest? >> good day to you, thomas. of course, all eyes on the tropics and tropical storm irene continuing to work its way through the northeastern caribbean, starting to see some of those outer bands now moving its way across puerto rico, but no doubt, the heaviest of the rain and the gustier winds a little bit farther on off towards the east. where is irene going to be heading? well, here's some of the forecast computer models here as we head through time, starting early sunday all the way through friday. notice they are all completely compacted together here all the way through friday, until they work their way towards south florida. so, pretty good agreement with all of these computer models where this thing is going to be headed, but we still want to make sure you are in mind here all across florida and the southeast. now is the time to start thinking about irene and what it may be doing later in the week. now is not the time to be boarding u

could be reaching huicane-state status before getting to the states and the weather channel's alex wallace is monitoring the storms from atlanta. bring us up to speed. >>a absolutely. still following irene churning its way through the eastern caribbean. there it is working its way around the leeward islands. current sustained winds and 50 mile per hour winds and that pace should slow down as we work our way through time and here's that projected path of irene and by the time we get into the early morning hours of tomorrow it could be approaching hurricane status and we'll keep an eye on this, but once it works through the islands we'll start see the wind speeds getting ripped apart and by the end of the week, potentially seeing a category 1 hurricane getting close south florida. so now's the time to prepare in south florida. we have a rapid map here and florida is now in that orange color, medium threat, for dealing with irene. so still several days to watch this thing, but florida and parts of the southeast certainly need to keep a head's up on things as irene gets closer and closer. for

let's go to alex wallace from the weather channel. it's muggy in new york. that's for sure. >> you guys are feeling the steam. a lot of the country feeling the same as well. more hot conditions expected. we have showers and storms to deal with. a scattering across the northeast moving its way close to boston. things are improving around new york city. had some rain this morning. things are now quieter. to the south and west, ohio valley. heavy downpours. wisconsin, madison toward milwaukee. south of all the activity with the storms, it's the heat. heat advisories, we have plenty of those stretching from the carolinas working back into the southern plains. excessive heat warnings. the hot areas will be staying hot thanks to the big ridge of high pressure in place. more triple digit numbers. dallas, your streak continues. it's been brutal. even into monday we'll keep the triple digit action going. wichita falls, 111 for the afterno afternoon. and an update on tropical depression emily. there's emily turning. very poorly organized system. the good news with emi

the weather channel's alex wallace has the details for us. hi, alex. >> how's it going, thomas? and you know what the big story is? well, our tropical cyclone sitting here in the northeastern caribbean, tropical storm irene, which could have an impact on the u.s. later on next week. look, here it is working its way through the northeastern caribbean. sustained winds right now 50 miles per hour and moving to the west right around 21 miles per hour. a closer view on it. there is puerto rico, and you can see some of the very outer bands of the system starting to move on in, and we're seeing a few showers starting to move on in to puerto rico at this time. although the heaviest of the rain continues to remain just off toward the east, but eventually, some of the heavier rain and gustier winds will be getting into puerto rico. as we move through time, what's going to happen with irene? well, here's some of the forecasts and computer models here. all these different lines indicating different computer models, the way they think irene's going to be heading. and notice here, they're pre